James Spencer Taylor

(1921 - 2010)

Sketches and Studies

This section portrays some of the exploratory and developmental work of the artist. There was always something to draw and develop perhaps into something more substantial at a later time. The pictures also capture the range of media and techniques he worked with. These are some of the more developed pictures; he also has literally thousands of sketches in carefully numbered and personally bound sketch pads from a few inches in size to A5 and A4 size.

Click on a thumbnail below to see the full preview and image details.

<< back to Water Colours

Barn nr  Tosside, Settle, Yorks. (sepia wash)(19 x 25.5 cms). Year 1973. Cat. no. 13. Wardley's Creek, nr Fleetwood, Lancs (19.4 x 29.5 cms). Year 1973. Cat. no. 34. Shore, Humphrey Head (greywash), Morecambe Bay, Lancs (25.4 x 19.1 cms). Year 1975. Cat. no. 140. Piel Island from Roa Island, nr Furness, Cumbria (17.8 x 26 cms). Year 1977. Cat. no. 204. Lily Farris reclining, Lost Empires, Priestly (Pamela Anderson)(pen & wash)(31.8 x 44.5 cms). Year 1985. Commissioned for tv film. Cat. no. 316. River with 3 men. (21 x 29 cms). Year c 2000-2005.  Cat. no. 626 End of a lake, Cumbria (11 x 20 cms). Year c.2000-2005. Cat. no. 627. Edge of the rain, Cumbria. (14 x 22 cms). Year c.2000-2005. Cat. no. 628. Brotherswater, Lakes Canal view from Victoria Inn, Burnley Clapham Bridge, Yorks Entrance to Underlay Hall, Cumbria Harry Taylor (James' father), drawn 1941 High St. from Grizedale Forest, Lakes Lancashire lane Langdale Pikes, Lakes Lyth Valley, Cumbria (from Scout Scar) Raby Castle, nr Barnard Castle Stoneyhurst College view N from Peel, Isle of Man Whitby, Yorks Hole in the sky. (14 x 20.3 cms). Year 2001. Cat no. 497.